Education

Learning in the OR

The Roth | McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Centre is one of the pinnacle programs of the Department of Surgery at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Currently 8 orthopaedic surgeons, 4 plastic surgeons and 4 full-time PhD basic scientists teach in the Unit. All Faculty have teaching appointments in the Department of Surgery and/or appropriate cross-appointments to basic science Departments at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University.

The four basic laboratories at RM-HULC focus on Clinical Outcomes Research, BioEngineering Research, Cell and Molecular Biology Research and Surgical Mechanotronics. The labs are involved in undergraduate and graduate (MSc and PhD level) scientific training and undergraduate 400-level HBSc laboratory research.